Saturday when we went to the South Coast Botanic Garden, I snapped this of an African Daisy, also known as “Whirligig.” Click on the image for a larger view.
March 2008
Still Life – Pink Ice Plant Magnum
This photo is especially for Glenn B who pointed out that we seemed to have a yellow and yellowish-orange flower trend lately.
Spring Visit to the Botanic Gardens
We took the time to visit the Botanic Gardens today to enjoy a walk through the various sections of the garden. Together, we took over 200 pictures and it was tough to pick one out for the blog today. I finally settled on this picture of a Palo Verde tree in the cactus and succulents garden. There were scores of California Golden Poppies surrounding the tree today. Click on the image for the large view.
The Western Museum of Flight
Today, we had errands – we took the dog to the groomer, shopped for groceries (in two stores), bought some DVDs and visited the Western Museum of Flight. While I was there, I got into the cockpit of an F5 fighter jet and snapped this image of the instrument panel. You can see my feet on the rudder pedals at the bottom of the picture (click to enlarge).
I copied this blurb from the museum’s website:
The Western Museum of Flight is a non-profit, educational institution dedicated to preserving and displaying aircraft history and artifacts of Southern California’s aviation heritage. The Air Museum’s educational programs give children an opportunity to see and touch the airplanes that made aviation history. The Air Museum offers an inside look at completed and in-progress aircraft restoration projects. The Western Museum of Flight’s collection includes numerous Warbirds, aircraft and target drones, piston and jet aircraft engines, aircraft components, aircraft ejection seats, World War II instruments, aircrew accessories, and an extensive model aircraft collection.
The Midas Touch
It’s as if the legendary King Midas, himself, had touched these golden flowers. These gorgeous Ranunculus Tecolote Gold flowers glisten in the morning sun after I watered and sprayed the patio flowers yesterday morning. Click on the image below to enlarge.
Clean Your Screen
UPDATE: Moved to the top since our servers were messed up yesterday and folks may not have seen this.
Just move this window around until this cute li’l pug gets all of it.
Seriously – this just made us both go with big smiles and chuckles. Enjoy.
Sunflower
Here’s some interesting facts about sunflowers from WikiPedia
What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous flowers (florets) crowded together. The outer flowers are the ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors, and are sterile. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets. The disc florets mature into what are traditionally called “sunflower seeds”, but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The true seeds are encased in an inedible husk.
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